Friday, July 30, 2010

Top Photography Books for Black History Month

Believing that images are one of the most  effective and powerful ways to recognize and validate the diversity and accomplishments of African Americans, the editors of our sister site, Black History Album, have compiled a list of inspirational African American photography books in celebration of Black History Month.


Posing Beauty: African American Images
from the 1890s to the Present


Picturing Us: African American Identity
in Photography

African American Vernacular Photography
Selection from the Daniel Cowin Collection

One Shot Harris: The Photographs
of Charles “Teenie” Harris

In Our Own Image: Treasured African-
American Traditions, Journeys & Icons

A Small Nation of People: W. E. B. Du Bois
and African American Portraits of Progress

Reflections in Black: A History of Black
Photographers 1840 to the Present

The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington:
Picturing the Promise

Harlem: The Vision of Morgan and
Marvin Smith

Soul Sanctuary: Images of the African American
Worship Experience

The Rise of Barack Obama

The James Vanderzee Studio

The Face of our Past: Images of Black Women
From Colonial America to the Present


Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church
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